Macarius Wrench posted:

Serious question: why are such a high proportion of SA users Labour voters?

Killed By Death posted:

I would never have guessed 1. Labour's vote share would be ever lower than the Lib Dem's at a certain age threshold, 2. that that threshold would be 67 and older, rather than say, 19 and younger.

goddamnedtwisto posted:

https://twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/status/870066949417570305

That would be one of the more amazing outcomes of this shitshow, no matter how unlikely.

learnincurve posted:

The problem is that we abide by our quotas and others ignore them, so when our brave boys of the sea go to fish in an area there is nothing but scraps left for them. That's not simply rah rah gently caress the Spanish, it's something that genuinely does need to get addressed, but tends to get lost in all of the fake wolf crying.

Laradus posted:

There's some good overview with links to relevant figures/further information here;

https://fullfact.org/europe/eu-pinching-our-fish/

Looke posted:

https://twitter.com/guardian/status/870244170916651008

Vetitum posted:

David Lammy with 81.6% of the vote in Tottenham, at what point does it start to look suspicious?

Firos posted:

I thought it was perfectly normal for Sinn Fein to take their offices in Westminster, but it's specifically the seats they don't use

Namtab posted:

Hot take: there were no good guys, only varying degrees of cunts

Firos posted:

My 60+ y/o dad all but said he voted tory because he "couldn't bring himself to vote for Corbyn", for the most part because he thought Putin would love Corbyn winning. Not really sure what to make of that.

Tsaedje posted:

Police and Crime Commissioner is a pretty good addition (though the position itself is a joke)

learnincurve posted:

Seriously, unless you live in a high rise then get a rope ladder for £10, if you want to splash out then portable fire escape ladders for up to three story buildings are a thing for £50 if that. You want to be jumping out of the window going "but the landlord was supposed to do it!!" for the sake of £50?

Miftan posted:

Not that I mind Owen Smith back in, but does he have anything to do with norn iron?

Rarity posted:

So I just got home after not being able to check the news since midday and apparently this fire is still going? What the actual gently caress?

Macarius Wrench posted:

I literally cannot comprehend someone taking a multiple month long break from their employment whilst earning a living wage and still being able to look people in the eye. Sorry I'm not soft.

Macarius Wrench posted:

Scary how quick you get a response on this thread in the middle of the day, awful lot of UKMT posters sitting on their good doctors sick notes.

Macarius Wrench posted:

I'm on my lunch hour and the times going slowly but winding up a bunch of middle aged pen pushers into a seething mess makes things go a bit faster.

OwlFancier posted:

I feel like if you knock over a bin it should be a bougie bin.

JosefStalinator posted:

If May fails and there's another election, what would the election length be this time? Is the exact length mandated by that fancy new law you guys have?

Also please have another election, us Yanks are rooting hard for Corbyn and you're making us feel something close to hope

Baron Corbyn posted:

who chooses when the election is held if the government fails a no confidence vote though?

Winklebottom posted:

happyhippy posted:

Has the Daily Mail started blaming the EU for the fire yet?

namesake posted:

Lab on the left has a 'I've seen things man. Terrible things...' sort of expression but then they often do.

Baron Corbyn posted:

If Ian Beattie can play both Gerry Adams and Michael Stone then Sheen can play both Corbyn and Blair.

AVeryLargeRadish posted:

Ahahaha, so basically the Tories are refusing to govern so they can keep their jobs? What happens if they just refuse to hold any votes ever? How long do they get to hold everyone hostage?

Party Boat posted:

Until 2022, unless defections / byelections can force enough losses that they either lose a straightforward confidence vote, or the prospect of doing so intimidates them into calling a snap election.

It's unlikely but theoretically possible that this government could limp on for the next five years, although I think the current public sector spending review is due in 2020, so they can't dodge a budget for too long.

dispatch_async posted:

Labour's post-Election unity crumbles as prominent MP mocks idea that Jeremy Corbyn 'won' the election and warn the party's position could be a 'false dawn'


That didn't take long.

Osama Dozen-Dongs posted:

So was it at the terror mosque or not? News said yes, some goon said no.

learnincurve posted:

I'm not saying it isn't. The question is if one man is going around saying "god has told me to kill you!" Is it a terrorist attack?

This whole thing stinks to me and it's the festering stench of hypocrisy. The Daily mail and other right wing rags have followed this nasty Tory agenda of fuelling hatered and resentment against Muslims and now what? They think that calling it a terrorist attack and not a hate crime will give them the justification to say "well we called that white guy a terrorist too, look we are not racist!"

Look at the left wing press, compared to the right wing press when it was announced. Left wing press called it an attack, right wing press leaped on it calling it a terrorist attack as soon as they heard the word van and before anything was known. How much of this now is because they can't do take backs?

learnincurve posted:

No. I'm saying instantly calling every attack made by a Muslim a terrorist attack, before actually checking any of the facts is some of the poo poo that fueled this crime in the first place.

The Mail will point at this and say "well we assumed he was a terrorist too, so we can't be racist!" I guarantee it.

learnincurve posted:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Westminster_attack

"Police have found no link with any terrorist organisation" "By 1 April, all 12 suspects arrested after the attack had been released without charge".

It makes him no less evil, he's still a mass murderer no matter what you call him. One of the many things that should worry us is that how many people know he was working alone? How many people think he was part of some terrorist network?

Redgrendel2001 posted:

I think it is that mosque or there's some serious wires crossed.

My best guess is the reporter got confused because the attack targeted people after they had exited the Finnsbury Mosque, made a left turn and were down the street in front of the Muslim Welfare Center of Islington which is pretty close to another mosque in the opposite direction.

Osama Dozen-Dongs posted:

So there's a new boss, did the congregation change as well? If not, I somehow doubt the people who listened to old hook-hand suddenly became good citizens.